Category: Medical

The bread-balls failed miserably this morning. I did the same thing – one decoy and one real (with the tiny Amlodipine wrapped inside). Offered them to the Queen in a bowl. She sniffed at them, then after some deliberation, only ate the decoy, left the real one and walked away. Sigh… She knows already. So…

Cleo has border-line high blood pressure so she has to be on Amlodipine for life. Her dosage is just a tiny fragment of the tablet. Very tiny. But Cleo cannot be pilled, no matter how tiny the pill is. So I have to figure out a few creative ways to feed her the tiny fragment…

This morning, Bunny started drooling thick saliva out of the blue. Cow Mau was calling me at the grille to alert me about Bunny’s condition. Bunny was drooling non-stop. I wiped the saliva, and he just kept on drooling. Drooling for cats is uncommon, unlike dogs, so a visit to the vet is warranted. I…

I’ve been postponing Cleo’s kidney check-up. We were supposed to get her kidney readings done to see if the thrice-weekly 200ml subcut and Renal-N have been effective. We started on these in mid-December 2021. So it has already been four months now. I was initially very reluctant to get her checked because I wanted to…

Tabs is due for her second spot-on tomorrow, but I decided to get it done today since my husband is around to help out, in case anything goes wrong. Revolution spot-on for 4kg cats has been out of stock for a long time. For Tabs’ first dose, we were given two tubes of Revolution Plus…

Cow Mau appears to have been looking after (or at least accompanying) Bunny a lot these days. It started a few days ago and my husband said Cow was trying to wrestle the Red Box from Bunny, but I said Cow was keeping Bunny company. I know I’m right. Cow is a very, very empathetic…

Bunny has had some issues with the Cisapride. He has been on it for five days now. On the first day, he gave me a scare when he exhibited several rounds of pseudo-UTI and it was only after he defecated a second time that I hypothesized that the pseudo-UTI (with urine droplets) episodes were probably…

This morning was Bunny’s first dose of Cisapride. I already checked and it is to be given at least 15-30 mins before food. So I had to get up earlier to come downstairs to give the dose before their usual breakfast time. This caused an upset for everyone because their “cue” for breakfast is when…

Yesterday, the vet suggested that we could start Cow on twice-weekly 150ml subcut.  This was optional as Cow’s kidney readings were not alarming but some progression has been observed. Also, with age and their family history, it is highly possible that Cow would have some kidney insufficiency as he ages. So we tried the first…

Cow has been having this pawing problem again. He would paw on the right side of his mouth during and after meals. It started mildly, but got worse until he has problems eating now. Also, Cow has been spending a lot of time on that same spot on the big bed. Often, he doesn’t even…

I know that as the cats age, there will be many medical issues. Cow and Bunny are 16. Cleo is 15. Indy is 14. Ginger and Tabs are 11. All are senior. Before this, it was managing Bunny’s eye ulcer. That took more than a month. Bunny was on the e-collar for three weeks and…

The senior vet said yesterday that we have to find a way to “measure” Tabs’ condition so that we know whether it is improving or not. At the same time, we can also try to identify the allergen even though that is going to be an extremely challenging task. And finally, if all else fails…

I took Tabs for a second opinion today because she was scratching and licking quite badly again this morning. The senior vet says it certainly looks like an allergy problem. But as we know, for allergy problems, it is extremely difficult to identify the allergen. Also, it is one of those ailments that have no…

Tabs was improving from the balding after the anti-allergy and antibiotic injections and the shedding had practically stopped. Unfortunately, two days ago, she started shedding again. She must be allergic to something, but we don’t know what it is. The floor is always vacuum-cleaned and mopped daily. So yesterday, I decided to try applying extra…

Here’s a quick update on Tabs’ allergy-balding problem. Two days after she received the anti-allergy and antibiotic injections, the shedding seems to have decreased very significantly. I no longer have to pick up chunks of fur every few hours from the floor. A friend shared that extra virgin coconut oil might help too, but I…